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TIL that the French national oil company ELF, lost around $150 million to a scam artist, whose "oil sniffing" machine turned out to be a regular photocopier

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XE6Aj TIL about a canadian ex- banker who bought a slowly producing gold mine and created a controversial, online, open to public contest to find more sites. he offerd 500k$ prize and by using 3D model, an australian group helped him find more the 6Bn$ worth of gold without having ever visiting the site.
D1Pnv TIL that when roach poisons claim to kill the whole nest, it's not because roaches share food with others. Roaches are cannibals and a single dose of poison can often be eaten many times and still be deadly.
ZX7D TIL Viggo Mortensen’s son was in the The Lord of The Rings films and played an orc that was killed by Aragorn
161yd TIL the that the largest city in the world by population is Tokyo, Japan, with a population of 37.4 million people. That is nearly the same population as California, the largest US state by population, and Poland, the 8th largest country in Europe.
78obX TIL that the idea for Fight Club is based upon a brawl during a camping trip in Washington State